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Originally posted by Yorick:
I'd also add that Patriotism is a morally positive, rather than morally neutral value. Love is a morally positive value, and patriotism is love for ones country. Patriotism does not mean hatred of another country. Do we hate everyone else when we love a spouse?
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The analogy is not accurate, Yorick. Politics is a very different world, very far removed from the emotion of Love.
We are not talking love other other human beings here, or love of any living being, but rather a sense of blind loyalty, a willingness to fight for the "spouse" whether they are in the right or not, and that is NOT a morally good thing.
[This message has been edited by Diogenes Of Pumpkintown (edited 10-08-2001).]